The Study of the State
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The Study of the State

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  2. English
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The Study of the State

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Yes, you can access The Study of the State by Henri J. Claessen, Peter Skalnik, Henri J. Claessen,Peter Skalnik in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Sociology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Publisher
De Gruyter Mouton
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9789027933485
eBook ISBN
9783110825794
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Sociology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. List of contributors
  3. 1. ‘Sacred kingship’ and formation of the state
  4. 2. Traditional Rwanda: deconsecrating a sacred kingdom
  5. 3. Kinship and politics. The formation of the state among the pastoralists of the Sahara and the Sahel
  6. 4. Specific features of the African early state
  7. 5. Evolution, fission, and the early state
  8. 6. The structure of the Mamprusi kingdom and the cult of naam
  9. 7. Social function and political power: a case study of state formation in irrigation society
  10. 8. The early state among the Eurasian nomads
  11. 9. The legitimation of early inchoate states
  12. 10. Warfare and the origin of the state: another formulation
  13. 11. West African kingdoms and the early state: a review of some recent analyses
  14. 12. ‘Divine kingship’ in chiefdoms and states. A single ideological model
  15. 13. The Kushāṇa state: a preliminary study
  16. 14. The pre-colonial Indian state in history and epistemology. A reconstruction of societal formation in the Western Deccan from the fifteenth to the early nineteenth century
  17. 15. Ways of state formation in Africa: a demonstration of typical possibilities
  18. 16. Kalinga and Andhra: the process of secondary state formation in early India
  19. 17. Some additional thoughts on the concept of the early state
  20. 18. From ‘empire’ to state: the emergence of the kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara: c. 1350-1890
  21. 19. Terrestrial deities and celestial bureaucrats: transforÂŹmation of the state and local communities in the Asiatic mode of production in Japan
  22. 20. The state as a problem of jurisprudence
  23. 21. The state as empire
  24. 22. The army and the formation of the states of West Africa in the nineteenth century: the cases of Kenedugu and Samori state
  25. 23. Marx and Weber on the primary state
  26. 24. The study of the Southeast Asian state
  27. 25. Ubi sumus? The Study of the State conference in retrospect
  28. Biographical notes
  29. Index of names
  30. Index of subjects